Philosophy and Practice in Writing a History of Ancient Israel (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) - Softcover

Moore, Megan

 
9780567109897: Philosophy and Practice in Writing a History of Ancient Israel (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0567109895 ISBN 13: 9780567109897
Verlag: T& T Clark, 2009

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Philosophy and Practice in Writing a History of Ancient Israel elucidates and examines assumptions about history writing that current historians of ancient Israel and Judah employ. It is undertaken in the context of the conflict between so-called "minimalists" and "maximalists" within the discipline today. Though the use of the Bible as evidence is the focal point of the opposition of these two approaches, Moore shows that a number of related philosophical and practical concerns are telescoped in this issue, including concepts of Empiricism, Objectivity, Representation and Language, Subject, Explanation, Truth, and Evidence Evaluation and Use. Organized around these topics, Philosophy and Practice aims to situate the study of ancient Israel and Judah in the broader intellectual context of academic history in general and to provide insight into the formative assumptions of the current debate. It also aims to show that the central issue of the reliability of the Bible as evidence is surrounded by related issues that are equally important for understanding the past of ancient Israel and Judah and writing about it. Moore shows that ideas about objectivity in particular have a direct bearing on the evidentiary debate, which, in turn, affects what subjects and modes of explanations historians see as available to them. Moore argues that current historians of ancient Israel are beginning to work with a notion of historical truth that attempts to take into account the many contingencies for the concept and writing of history that twentieth-century discussions about history have introduced.

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Megan Bishop Moore is Adjunct Professor of Religion at Wake Forest University.

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Verlag
T& T Clark
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0567109895
ISBN 13 
9780567109897
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
216
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